The Big Jubilee Lunch will be held on Sunday June 3, and is likely to feature traditional street parties and picnics.

It is being managed by the Big Lunch organisation, which has staged lunch celebrations across the country since 2009 to encourage residents to sit down and share meals together.

The BBC concert on Monday June 4 is expected to feature British and Commonwealth musicians and is open to the public, with tickets being allocated by ballot.

That day the network of Diamond Jubilee Beacons - 2012 in total - will be lit across the UK, Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Commonwealth. As with the 2002 celebrations which marked the Queen's Golden Jubilee, the monarch will light the National Beacon.

The 60th year of the Queen's reign will be formally commemorated on Tuesday June 5 with the service of thanksgiving and carriage procession.